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Show MORE RAILROAD RAIL-ROAD NEWS. Mr. Terry Rctais hm Sail Lake City asd Meets CwhiuKIm. Preposition ef dofa $too,oe 1b Work, to be PaM fer kr Stock and Cash Submitted. Mr. Terry, the represeatatlve of the Iron Mountain Railroad people, came baok from Salt Lake Oity the fore part of the week and met with the oommittee appointed to handle the matter of agreeing to take stock In the proposed road, The gentlemen met Tuesday mom lug in the Bank and the proposition of doing 9100, 000 is labor, to be paid half Ib cash and half In stack in tho road was presented. After Mr, Terry visits Parowan and Washington County he will re turn and lay the matter before the promoters, and It acceptable to them proper contracts will be drawn np, and the oltlzlus asked to elgn for the amount of labor each can do. It la thought that this la the most feasible way at getting at the matter, aud that the company will accept the proposition. If Parowan and the townii of Wash ington County will do aa well as the Oedar people It la thought that aotlve work will be started thin fall. The people of this seotion of country will be able to bojjln work as soon aa fall crops are gatherod, aud they can work neatly the whole winter through. If the company will begin work soon enough tho Iron County people can work out their portion be fore the spring farm work beglnr, and b. this means it will not work a hardship upon them. One thing la oortnln, tho pooplo of this county are anxious to see a road come through here, but are not going to fall all over themselves in making effort to get one. lu years past the railroad exoltement hasoome regular ly fall aud spring, aud has amounted nothing but wind, and as a oon sequeuoe the poople have oome uow to demand something more than talk when railroad la mentioned. It the piotnotera will beglu work this fall they will see then, readily enough that everybody In this oonuty will be ready and willing to give them all the work andeuoouragemont possible. All It laoka Is tor tho promoters to do something besides talk, aud the pooplo will bo thoro with the goods when wanted. |